Left: The Palestinian Bar Association is funded by the European Union. (PBA website, October 15, 2015). Overview 1. Last week the EU-funded Palestinian Bar Association (PBA) expressed solidarity with two of the Palestinian terrorists (a law … [Read more...] about Palestinian Bar Association Honors Terrorists *
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Spotlight on Iran (September 24 – October 11, 2015)*
Overview: Syria - Official Iranian spokesmen praised the start of Russia's aerial attacks in Syria. Hossein Hamedani, considered the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC) senior military advisor in Syria, was killed in the region of … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Iran (September 24 – October 11, 2015)*
The Role of the Palestinians in the BDS Campaign
Main Findings This study examines theroleof Palestinian activists and networks in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip in the global BDS campaign being waged against Israel. The campaign, which originated with the first Durban Conference (2001), is … [Read more...] about The Role of the Palestinians in the BDS Campaign
Iranian Support for Palestinian Terrorism*
See below - Left: : Al-Ansar charity association announces time and place of the distribution of funds to terrorist shaheeds' families through the post office bank in the Gaza Strip (Facebook page of the Al-Ansar charity association, April 5, 2015). … [Read more...] about Iranian Support for Palestinian Terrorism*
Syria-ISIS “Pragmatic Cooperation”
Left: Oil fields in Syria and Iraq, in areas controlled by ISIS (islamist-movements.com) Overview One of the interesting phenomena of the civil war in Syria is the tacit understandings between two sworn enemies: the Assad regime and the terrorist … [Read more...] about Syria-ISIS “Pragmatic Cooperation”
ISIS Updates Security Tips to Operatives Traveling to Syria*
Left: An example of the recommendations in the manual: operatives are advised to pose as tourists and refrain from declaring that the purpose of their trip is to “Commit Jihad in Syria” Overview 1. In February 2015, ISIS published a fifty-page … [Read more...] about ISIS Updates Security Tips to Operatives Traveling to Syria*
The International Campaign against ISIS
Left: Boko Haram, the militant Nigerian group, has announced it is allying with the Islamic State (Isis). The pledge was made in a film, appearing to be a recording of the group’s leader Abubakar Shjeka, which was posted online on March 7, 2015. On … [Read more...] about The International Campaign against ISIS
The Conduct & Funding of ISIS – Feb. 26–March 4, 2015*
Left: ISIS "deliberate destruction of irreplaceable objects of religious and cultural values in the museum of Mosul and burning thousands of books and rare manuscripts from the library of Mosul." Destruction of historical relics In the past two … [Read more...] about The Conduct & Funding of ISIS – Feb. 26–March 4, 2015*
Identifying Palestinians Killed in Gaza*
Examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge - Part Ten** Below Left: Mohammad Jumaa Ahmad Shaath as an officer in one of Hamas’s security apparatus in Gaza (moidev.moi.gov.ps) Below Right: Mohammad Jumaa Ahmad Shaath, … [Read more...] about Identifying Palestinians Killed in Gaza*
ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization
1. This study examines the nature of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), an Islamic Salafist-jihadi terrorist organization founded a decade ago as a branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. It established itself during the fighting against the … [Read more...] about ISIS: Portrait of a Jihadi Terrorist Organization